Livin' on the road, my friend 在道路上活着的话，我的朋友

Was gonna keep you free and clean 本来打算让你自由和清洁

And now you wear your skin like iron 现在你穿你的皮肤像铁

And your breath as hard as kerosene 和你的呼吸坚如煤油

   

Weren't you mama's only boy 是不是你妈妈的唯一的男孩

But her favorite one, it seems 但她最喜欢的一个，它似乎

She began to cry when you said, "Goodbye" 她哭了起来，当你说“再见”

Sank into your dreams 陷入你的梦想

   

Pancho was a bandit, boy 潘乔是个强盗，男孩

His horse was fast as polished steel 他的马是快如抛光钢

He wore his gun outside his pants 他穿着他的枪，他的外裤

For all the honest world to feel 对于所有的诚信天下的感觉

   

Pancho met his match, you know 潘乔遇见了他的比赛，你知道吗

On the deserts down in Mexico 在墨西哥沙漠下来

Nobody heard his dyin' words 没有人听到他快要枯萎的话

But that's the way it goes 但是，这是不言而喻的方式

   

All the federales say 所有federales说

"They could have had him any day" “他们可以有他的任何一天”

They only let him slip away 他们只让他溜走

Out of kindness, I suppose 出于好心，我想

   

Lefty he can't sing the blues 左撇子，他不能唱蓝调

All night long like he used to 整整一夜，他喜欢用

The dust that Pancho bit down south 灰尘是潘乔位南下

Ended up in lefty's mouth 结束了在左撇子的嘴

   

The day they laid poor Pancho low 这一天，他们奠定了可怜的潘乔低

Lefty split for Ohio 左撇子拆分为俄亥俄

Where he got the bread to go 在那里，他得到了面包去

There ain't nobody knows 没有人知道

   

All the federales say 所有federales说

"They could have had him any day" “他们可以有他的任何一天”

We only let him slip away 我们只能让他溜走

Out of kindness, I suppose 出于好心，我想

   

The poets tell how Pancho fell 诗人告诉潘乔怎么跌

And lefty's livin' in a cheap hotel 而在一个便宜的旅馆左撇子的活着

The desert's quiet and Cleveland's cold 沙漠的宁静和克里夫兰骑士队的冷

And so the story ends, we're told 所以，这个故事的结局，我们被告知

   

Pancho needs your prayers, it's true 潘乔需要你们的祈祷，这是真的

But save a few for lefty, too 但节省一些的左撇子，也

He only did what he had to do 他只是做了他必须做的

And now he's growin' old 现在他慢慢生长老

   

All the federales say 所有federales说

"We could have had him any day" “我们本来可以有他的任何一天”

They only let him go so long 他们只让他走那么久

Out of kindness, I suppose 出于好心，我想

   

A few old gray federales say 几个老灰federales说

"Could have had him any day" “本来可以有他的任何一天”

We only let him go so long 我们只让他走那么久

Out of kindness, I suppose 出于好心，我想